Things will not be okay — Human beings often choose self-delusion over painful reality, and so in the days and weeks to come, we will hear reassurances that the NATO alliance is in good shape. After all, there have been spats in the past — over the Suez crisis in 1956, Vietnam in the 1960s and '70s …

Kavanaugh Is a Mentor To Women — I can't think of a better judge for my own daughter's clerkship. — Judge Brett Kavanaugh's jurisprudence will appropriately be dissected in the months ahead. I'd like to speak to a less well-known side of the Supreme Court nominee: his role as a mentor for young lawyers, particularly women.

The Quiet Death of Racial Progress — How can we stop backsliding toward inequality? — Over the past few months, I've been trying to write a comforting column. The thesis was going to be that even though Donald Trump is doing his best to inflame racial division, we are still making gradual progress …

‘Kiss my you know what’: Schumer hamstrung in SCOTUS fight — The Democratic leader has little sway over the Democrats he needs the most. — Chuck Schumer says he's going to fight Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court with “everything I've got.” To do so, he'll need to get centrist Democrats to hold the line.

Fatal Novichok dose ‘came from bottle’ in victim's house — Novichok that poisoned a couple in Wiltshire came from a small bottle found in the home of one of the victims, police say. — A bottle was found in a search at Charlie Rowley's Amesbury house and was tested by scientists at Porton Down, the Metropolitan Police said.

The social media mob is a danger to society — Daniella Greenbaum is a writer living in New York. — As an opinion columnist for Business Insider until my resignation Thursday, I had grown accustomed to strong reactions from readers when I wrote about Hamas (I'm not a fan) or the problems with accusations of cultural appropriation.